- [Voiceover] Now that we've checked out…some of Logic's midi effects for composition,…we're going to check out some essential…audio effects for mixing.…We're also going to cover a few mixing techniques…to help you mix your projects.…Now, mixing is an art form within itself…and a whole course could be written just about mixing…but we're going to cover some basics here,…basics about frequency…and giving your mix some space.…So let's play back our arrangement,…this is a project we've been working on…at different stages throughout this course.…I've gone ahead and added a little sub-bass here,…but it's our pegiator and our automated filter from Retro…with our drums from earlier in the course.…

with our drums from earlier in the course.…Let's check this out.…(funky electronic music)…Okay, cool.…

Okay, cool.…So right away we can see and hear…that our track is peaking a bit.…In other words, it's clipping our master output,…so that means that there's going to be…some digital distortion when the track clips…and we want to get rid of that,…

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4/8/2016

Electronic music is an umbrella term for a wide variety of genres and sounds, from ambient, dub, acid house, trap, drum and bass, dubstep, and more. But whatever style you produce, Logic Pro can handle it. This powerful DAW is uniquely suited to capturing your creativity and expressing your sonic ideas. In this course, author Nate Mars shows you the core techniques professionals use to produce electronic music in Logic Pro.

He starts with building the foundation of the track—the drums. He shows how to program beats in Ultrabeat, utilize your own samples, and create drumbeats for a variety of genres. He then moves into creating basslines for house, trap, dubstep, and other genres, and getting a great deep sub-bass sound. He next moves into creating lead synth sounds, starting with Logic Pro's built-in Alchemy and Retro synths. He also goes into using samples, adding sound effects, and utilizing Apple's factory content. Then he pulls it all together and demonstrates ways to arrange the tracks, use creative effects, mix the tracks together, and use automation to finalize the mix. Chapter 6 covers sending your MIDI note and clock data to external synths from Logic Pro X—a fun way to experiment with analog sounds.